1 38 MR. G. T. BETHUNE-BAKER ON [Mar. 4, 



well acquainted with their niirses and then follow easily up to 

 Kobdo. 



I exhibit a water-colour drawing (Plate XIII.) by Mr. Smit, 

 taken from two of the specimens now in the Gardens, which gives 

 a good idea of the general appearance of Prjevalsky's Horse in its 

 winter dress. 



Mr. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of photographs of 

 Prjevalsky's Horse, taken on different occasions, and stated that 

 further information on the subject would be found in ' The Field ' 

 of January 11th (vol. xcix. p. 69, 1902). 



Mr. E. N. Buxton, F.Z.S., exhibited a series of photographic slides 

 illustrative of bh-d- and animal-life on the White Nile, which he 

 had lately visited. He called attention to the enormous abundance 

 of aquatic birds and waders which resort to the mud-banks of the 

 Nile south of Khartoum and to the numerous lagoons in the 

 marshes in the neighbourhood of Fashoda. Portraits were shown 

 of Pelicans, Sacred Ibises (worshipped by the Egyptians of the 

 early dynasties, but not now found in Lower Egypt), and many 

 other birds — such as White Ibises, Black Ibises, Buff-backed 

 Herons, Jabirvis, Cranes, Stilts, Fish-Eagles, Goliath Herons, and 

 Marabous. These had been secured by the vise of a telephone- 

 lens (by Dallmeyer), as also portraits of the Water-buck, the 

 White-eared Cob (Cohus leiocotis), the Tiang [Damaliscus tiang), 

 and the Hippopotamus. The difficulties of making an approach 

 to these wild animals for photographic purposes were described. 

 Some characteristics of the Roan Antelope {Hippotragus leuco- 

 phceus) were pointed out, and the habits of the Buffalo of the 

 Nile and of the Reed-buck {Cei'vicajjra bohor) were explained. 

 Mr. Buxton expressed the opinion that the habit of the natives 

 of burning the grass on the marshes affected the coloration of the 

 White-eared Cob. The variation in colour of individuals of this 

 species was illustrated by two heads of old males, and a skin of 

 another individual was exhibited showing a white spot on the 

 withers resembling that found in Mrs. Gi-ay's Water-buck [Cohus 

 maria). 



Pictures were also shown of village-life among the Dinkas— a 

 race of remarkable stature which inhabit the southern part of the 

 Ghezireh. 



Mr. G. T. Bethune- Baker, F.Z.S., presented a paper, entitled 

 "A Revision of the Amblypodian Group of the Butterflies of 

 the Family Lycsenidse," and made the following remarks : — 



This important section of the Lycsenidse is broadly confined to 

 the Indo- Malayan region, though a few species are found in 

 China, Japan, and Queensland, and a few have also been recorded 



